Scalable frequency band operation in wireless communication systems
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1. A processing system comprising:
- an input port;
an output port; and
a processor configured to;
transmit, on a first carrier, a first control channel; and
transmit, on a second carrier within a common sector with the first carrier, a second control channel transmission,wherein the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission include information sufficient to support communication with its access terminal without utilizing information contained in another control channel transmission in another carrier,wherein the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission are transmitted during substantially the same time frame andwherein the processor is further configured to transmit a superframe preamble that spans each of the first carrier and second carrier prior to transmitting the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission.
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Abstract
To support mobile stations that are not capable of demodulating the entire bandwidth or that can be made to demodulate less than the entire bandwidth, a system, apparatus and method are provided to schedule users on less than all of the bandwidth. Further, certain users can be scheduled on more of the bandwidth than others.
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36 Claims
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1. A processing system comprising:
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an input port; an output port; and a processor configured to; transmit, on a first carrier, a first control channel; and transmit, on a second carrier within a common sector with the first carrier, a second control channel transmission, wherein the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission include information sufficient to support communication with its access terminal without utilizing information contained in another control channel transmission in another carrier, wherein the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission are transmitted during substantially the same time frame and wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a superframe preamble that spans each of the first carrier and second carrier prior to transmitting the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of wireless communication within a common sector comprising:
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transmitting, on a first carrier, a first control channel transmission; and transmitting, on a second carrier a second control channel transmission, wherein the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission include information sufficient to support communication with its access terminal without utilizing information contained in another control channel transmission in another carrier, wherein the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission are transmitted during substantially the same time frame and wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a superframe preamble that spans each of the first carrier and second carrier prior to transmitting the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A wireless communication apparatus configured to communicate within a common sector comprising:
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means for transmitting, on a first carrier, a first control channel transmission; and means for transmitting, on a second carrier, a second control channel transmission, wherein the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission include information sufficient to support communication with its access terminal without utilizing information contained in another control channel transmission in another carrier, wherein the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission are transmitted during substantially the same time frame and wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a superframe preamble that spans each of the first carrier and second carrier prior to transmitting the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer-readable medium embodying a program of instructions executable by a processor to perform a method of wireless communication within a common sector, comprising:
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transmitting, on a first carrier, a first control channel transmission; and transmitting, on a second carrier, second control channel transmission, wherein the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission include information sufficient to support communication with its access terminal without utilizing information contained in another control channel transmission in another carrier, wherein the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission are transmitted during substantially the same time frame and wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a superframe preamble that spans each of the first carrier and second carrier prior to transmitting the first control channel transmission and the second control channel transmission.
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